Article discusses the history of the Yuchi tribe and their current practices through examination of their ceremonial ground camps. Jason Baird Jackson provides a detailed portrait of the people group and their daily lives.

Article explores the "golden era" of Enid, Oklahoma, exploring the factors that contributed to its rise as one of the most prosperous cities in the region, which included the construction of railroads and the impact of the oil industry.

Article describes the development of the cotton industry in Oklahoma's Jackson County, from its success to its decline. Leo Kelley takes a closer look at the attitudes and lives of cotton farmers in Oklahoma through excerpts from newspapers and personal journals.

Article describes the life and career of Fred Tecumseh Waite, a Chickasaw politician with a colorful past who argued against the forced allotment of the Dawes Commission. Michael Tower discusses his journey from outlaw to statesman.

Article discusses the concept of "savagism" in the context of participation of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in the Civil War. Tom L. Franzmann investigates details and accounts of brutal practices conducted by both white and American Indian soldiers during the war and deconstructs the ideas that perpetrated society during the time.

For the Record section for Volume 76, Number 2, Summer 1998. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 28, 1998.

Notes and Documents section for Volume 76, Number 2, Summer 1998. It includes a document honoring T. L. Ballenger, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1998.